Axe: Obama's enthusiasm 'coming from his loins'

11/2/12 5:04 PM EDT

LIMA, Ohio — Senior Obama strategist David Axelrod said Friday that he'd never seen President Obama more enthused.

“I’ve known him for 20 years. We’ve worked closely for 10 years. I’ve never seen him more exhilarated than he is right now. He believes in what he’s doing. He believes in what he’s fighting for," Axelrod told reporters traveling with the president.

"You can see in the speech that he’s delivering that he, that this is coming from his loins," Axelrod said. "I just wanted to say loins. I wanted to see if I could get loins in the story.”